Diego Sanz of Lardero Nobility Patent.

Rare 16th century elaborately illuminated nobility patent for Diego Sanz of Lardero. Folio, original full limp parchment, the patent is comprised of 37 leaves sewn as a single signature, text in manuscript with decorated initials and some in text illuminations, decorated with a large illuminated page featuring a coat of arms and IHS emblem surrounded by roses and lady beetles on a gilt field. The text concerns the case of Diego Sanz of Lardero under the ruling of the Spanish government in King Philip II's reign. Sanz sued to recover his title of nobility, and this document records the court proceedings, ending with the reinstatement of his status as hidalgo. With a later synopsis manuscript on paper laid in. Lacking the original seal. Text in Spanish. In very good condition with the illuminated page exceptionally bright.